Nutrition Training Builds Skills and Expertise in Nepal
Gender Equity, Equality and Women’s Empowerment
Empowering women and girls is critical to achieving secure, sustainable and equitable global food systems. Feed the Future promotes evidence-based and data-driven approaches to advancing gender equity, equality and women’s empowerment. We challenge discriminatory gender norms, policies and practices. We intentionally engage with men and boys as partners to empower women and girls in their different roles on and off the farm.
Q&A with Ann Vaughan, USAID Senior Advisor for Climate Change: Tackling Gender Inequality Lessens Hunger
While climate change affects everyone, its effects are not felt equally. Farmers worldwide face threats to their livelihoods from devastating seasonal changes and extreme weather. Read more
Dual-Purpose Seeds in Senegal Make Life Easier and More Profitable for Farmers
Innovative, specially-bred dual-purpose millet and cowpea seed varieties can be grown on the same plot of land at the same time and grow bigger plants… Read more
Senegal
Building a Better Peanut: Ugandan Scientist’s Studies Help Bring Farmers a More Resilient Crop
A disease that ravages peanut crops in the country can contribute to food insecurity, but researchers like Esther Achola are fighting back with innovative new… Read more
Uganda
Food Security in Lebanon Starts With Seeds, Seedlings and Compost for Smallholder Farmers
As the global food security crisis creates challenges for farmers, an agricultural program in Lebanon is distributing critical resources to help thousands. Lebanon… Read more
Stories
USDA Grants Will Support Research to Improve Common Bean
Feed the Future Support for Pest Management Pays Off for Papaya Farmers in Asia
New Pesticides Law Promotes Trade in Central America and the Caribbean
USAID Partners with Nigerian Government to Increase Private Financing for Nigerian Agriculture
Feed the Future Groundnut Grants Improve Local Value Chains at the Grassroots Level
U.S. Government Successfully Completes Land Reform Project
Remarks by David Lane, U.S. Ambassador tothe UN Food and Agriculture Organizations in Rome, Press Conference, Blantyre, Malawi
Smallholder Farmers in Kenya Feed the Present and the Future
New Dimensions in Agricultural Extension Management Triangular Training Program
U.S. Government Investments in Haiti's Rebuilding and Renewal
U.S. Ambassador to the UN Food and Agriculture Agencies to Visit Tanzania and Malawi
